Since residence hall doors are locked and not accessible to non-students, UPS, FedEx and other private carriers will not be permitted to deliver packages to student residences. All packages shipped to students during the academic year must be sent to one of the following addresses, depending upon your shipper's preference:
Student Name
P.O. Box ####
Gambier, OH 43022
Student Name
106 Gaskin Avenue
Gambier, OH 43022
When packages arrive at the Mail Center on the lower level of Farr Hall, the student will be sent an email to their Kenyon email address indicating that the package has arrived. Students must pick up their package at the Mail Center within three days, M-F 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2 - 4 p.m. Students must present their student ID or other picture ID to receive their package, and packages will not be released to anyone except the student to whom the package is addressed. If the package is not picked up within the three day period the package may be returned to sender as unclaimed.
Local delivery of perishable items should continue to be delivered to the Office of Campus Safety. For example, flowers, bakery items, etc. Food items (pizza) ordered by a student are the responsibility of the student. Delivery people are not to be in the residence halls. Students will need to meet the delivery people at the door of the residence halls to receive items.
Arriving between Aug. 10 - 28, 2020
Students are encouraged to ship packages to their post office box via the United States Postal Service.* These packages will be available for pickup at the Gambier Post Office upon arrival to campus (during normal USPS Office business hours). New students are notified of their Post Office box number in the housing assignment packet mailing, and all students may access their number by searching their name in the online extended directory. *Please note that some merchants will not ship to a PO box – in that case, you will need to ship to the 106 Gaskin Avenue address.
When shipping to your post office box, address your mail or package as follows:
Student Name
PO Box ####
Gambier, OH 43022
When shipping to the College mail service, address your mail or package as follows:
Student Name
106 Gaskin Avenue
Gambier, OH 43022
Some students are permitted to arrive to campus early. Packages should still be received no earlier than August 10, but before their program begins; please consult your program director or coach for student arrival dates.
On-campus student storage is not available in the residence halls during the academic year or the summer. All personal belongings must be removed from the halls during closing at the end of spring semester or within 72 hours if withdrawing from the school during the academic year. Any items left in the halls after this period will be considered abandoned and will be discarded or donated.
While there are no on-campus summer storage options, there are several local storage facilities and shipping businesses off-campus:
AAA Storage
740-397-8937
www.aaastorageoh.com
Affordable Mini Storage
740-393-0755
AMC Storage
740-507-7916
Green Valley Self Storage
740-392-7233
www.absolutemgmt.com/self-storage/mt-vernon
M&M Storage
740-392-7272
Mt. Vernon Storage
740-397-4441
PakMail
(storage and delivery services)
740-392-6245
pakmailmountvernon.com
Peak Storage
740-625-6000
Summer Break Storage
(storage and delivery services)
sb-storage.com